Synonyms for puff
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1. puff, puff of air, whiff(noun)

   a short light gust of air

   Synonyms:
   whiff, pull, pouffe, quilt, puff of air, drag, comfort, blow, comforter, hassock, powderpuff, ottoman

   Antonyms:
   plain

2. puff(noun)

   a light inflated pastry or puff shell

   Synonyms:
   whiff, pull, pouffe, quilt, puff of air, drag, comfort, blow, comforter, hassock, powderpuff, ottoman

   Antonyms:
   plain

3. puff(noun)

   exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)

   Synonyms:
   whiff, pull, pouffe, quilt, puff of air, drag, comfort, blow, comforter, hassock, powderpuff, ottoman

   Antonyms:
   plain

4. quilt, comforter, comfort, puff(noun)

   bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

   Synonyms:
   whiff, hassock, drag, comforter, powderpuff, teething ring, comfort, consolation, ease, allayer, sympathiser, baby's dummy, quilt, pacifier, pull, blow, solace, pouffe, comfortableness, sympathizer, ottoman, puff of air, reliever

   Antonyms:
   plain

5. powderpuff, puff(noun)

   a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin

   Synonyms:
   whiff, pull, pouffe, quilt, puff of air, drag, comfort, blow, comforter, hassock, powderpuff, ottoman

   Antonyms:
   plain

6. ottoman, pouf, pouffe, puff, hassock(noun)

   thick cushion used as a seat

   Synonyms:
   hassock, powderpuff, ottoman, drag, comfort, footstool, quilt, pull, blow, tuffet, pouffe, whiff, comforter, puff of air, footrest

   Antonyms:
   plain

7. puff, drag, pull(noun)

   a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

   "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"

   Synonyms:
   hassock, drag, comforter, powderpuff, pulling, clout, comfort, wrench, twist, quilt, pull, retarding force, pouffe, blow, whiff, ottoman, puff of air

   Antonyms:
   plain

8. blow, puff(adj)

   forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth

   "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"

   Synonyms:
   nose candy, reversal, hassock, drag, bump, setback, comforter, powderpuff, snow, coke, shock, comfort, black eye, reverse, puff of air, quilt, pull, blow, pouffe, gust, whiff, ottoman, blast

   Antonyms:
   plain

9. puff, puffed(verb)

   gathered for protruding fullness

   "puff sleeves"

   Synonyms:
   puffed

   Antonyms:
   plain

10. puff, whiff(verb)

    smoke and exhale strongly

    "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"

    Synonyms:
    whiff, blow up, drag, heave, huff, chuff, sniff, puff up, pant, puff out, gasp, draw

    Antonyms:
    plain

11. puff, drag, draw(verb)

    suck in or take (air)

    "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"

    Synonyms:
    tie, get, puff out, suck up, puff up, attract, get behind, thread, quarter, imbibe, scuff, hale, chuff, guide, whiff, describe, drag, sweep up, suck, pull in, draw in, delineate, draw and quarter, make, soak up, cast, tangle, hang back, get out, take out, trail, cart, pull back, sop up, sweep, reap, heave, pass, huff, gasp, depict, blow up, take in, string, drag on, dredge, drop back, withdraw, drag in, pull out, draw, pant, disembowel, line, run, force, trace, absorb, drop behind, draw off, pull, embroil, haul, take up, drag out, eviscerate

    Antonyms:
    plain

12. pant, puff, gasp, heave(verb)

    breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

    "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"

    Synonyms:
    chuff, buckle, heave, gag, gasp, huff, draw, pant, blow up, warp, heft up, puff out, heft, billow, retch, whiff, puff up, drag, heave up, surge

    Antonyms:
    plain

13. puff(verb)

    make proud or conceited

    "The sudden fame puffed her ego"

    Synonyms:
    whiff, blow up, drag, heave, huff, chuff, puff up, pant, puff out, gasp, draw

    Antonyms:
    plain

14. puff, puff up(verb)

    praise extravagantly

    "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"

    Synonyms:
    whiff, blow up, drag, heave, huff, chuff, swell, puff up, pant, puff out, gasp, draw

    Antonyms:
    plain

15. puff(verb)

    speak in a blustering or scornful manner

    "A puffing kind of man"

    Synonyms:
    whiff, blow up, drag, heave, huff, chuff, puff up, pant, puff out, gasp, draw

    Antonyms:
    plain

16. puff, puff up, blow up, puff out(verb)

    to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"

    "puffed out chests"

    Synonyms:
    embellish, draw, heave, puff out, puff up, chuff, have kittens, flip one's wig, embroider, whiff, drag, detonate, hit the roof, explode, huff, combust, flip one's lid, magnify, expand, amplify, pad, go ballistic, lard, fly off the handle, set off, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, enlarge, hit the ceiling, gasp, blow up, aggrandise, have a fit, dramatise, inflate, throw a fit, pant, aggrandize, dramatize, blow one's stack, swell

    Antonyms:
    plain

17. puff, huff, chuff(verb)

    blow hard and loudly

    "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"

    Synonyms:
    whiff, blow up, drag, heave, huff, chuff, puff up, pant, puff out, gasp, draw, snort

    Antonyms:
    plain

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. puff(noun)

   Synonyms:
   pastry

2. puff(noun)

   To pant.

   out of puff

   Synonyms:
   wind

3. puff(noun)

   An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.

   Synonyms:
   drag

4. puff(noun)

   The drug cannabis.

   Synonyms:
   ganja, blow, dope, pot, Appendix:Cannabis slang, weed

5. puff(noun)

   a homosexual; a poof

   Synonyms:
   poof

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. puff

   Synonyms:
   flatter, advertise, hawk, ventilate

   Antonyms:
   squash, disparage, lash, chastise, blast

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. puff(n.)

   Synonyms:
   whiff, sudden gust

2. puff(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   blow in puffs

3. puff(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   pant, breathe hard

4. puff(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   blow

5. puff(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   praise (extravagantly)

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   whiff, breath, drag, burst, plume, cloud, splash

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. puff

   Synonyms:
   Vox populi Poof, poofter

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How to use puff in a sentence?

1. Vikrant Parsai:

   Those who are trying to impress others must puff themselves up.

2. Claiborne Pell:

   My opponent called me a cream puff. ... Well, I rushed out and got the baker's union to endorse me.

3. Christian Petroni:

   When you blast the pizza with high heat quickly, it allows the dough to puff up, and really replicates a Neapolitan-style pizza.

4. Alasdair Hainsworth:

   It's hard to say that that is necessarily going to occur, but certainly the conditions are there, you'd think that it has just about run out of puff by now because the sun is moving rapidly south, but it does appear that the environment at the present time is highly conducive to these circulations.

5. June Jordan:

   anytime you see white men suppose to fight each other an you not white, well you know you got trouble, because they blah-blah loud about Democrat or Republican an they huffing an puff about democracy someplace else but relentless, see, the deal come down evil on somebody don have no shirt an tie, somebody don live in no whiteman house no whiteman country.

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